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Ryozen Kannon Statue

War memorial

Kodaiji Shimokawaracho
Kyoto,
605-0825

Neighborhood: Higashiyama-ku

Nearest Train: Shijo/ Keihan line

Phone: +81 75 561 2205
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Towering above the surrounding buildings and trees on the lower slopes of Higashiyama mountain, this white 24-meter concrete statue of Kannon (the Bodhisattva of Mercy) was built in 1955 by a transportation company. It was intended as a memorial to the victims of World War Two, both Japanese and Allied soldiers, many of whose names are collected in card files. Within the solemn grounds is an image of a reclining Buddha figure passing into nirvana and an altar containing soil from every Allied cemetery in the Pacific theater of war.

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